confortar

//kõ.fuɾ.ˈtaɾ// verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,015

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

confortar is aPortugueseverb. It means: dar conforto a Pronounced /kõ.fuɾ.ˈtaɾ/. Often confused with consertar and contornar.

Key facts for confortar
PropertyValue
Headwordconfortar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kõ.fuɾ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,015
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of confortar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for confortar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.fuɾ.ˈtaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,015 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for confortar, with forms such as "cconfortar", "cnofortar", and "cofnortar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "consertar", "contornar", "confrontar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is confortar, spelled C-O-N-F-O-R-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    dar conforto a
  2. 2
    fortificar
  3. 3
    tornar forte

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconfortar,cnofortar,cofnortar,conffortar,conforatr,conforrtar,confortarr,confortra,conforttar,confotrar,confrotar,connfortar,conofrtar,ocnfortar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for confortar

Misspelling Variants of "confortar"

cconfortar10cnofortar9cofnortar9conffortar10conforatr9conforrtar10confortarr10confortra9
Misspelling Variants of "confortar"

Frequency rank: #27,015 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "confortar"?
"confortar" is spelled C-O-N-F-O-R-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.fuɾ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "confortar" mean?
As a verb, "confortar" means: dar conforto a
What words are commonly confused with "confortar"?
"confortar" is commonly confused with "consertar", "contornar", "confrontar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confortar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confortar" is /kõ.fuɾ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confortar" come from?
"confortar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.